Principles of political economy, deduced from the natural laws of social welfare, and applied to the present state of BritainLongman, 1833 - 457 pages |
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... Costs of Production . - Rent , the result of Monopoly - Does not enter into Price - Distinction between good and bad Monopolies - Demand and Supply - Their variations and reciprocal action - Cost of Production - Consists in Labour ...
... Costs of Production . - Rent , the result of Monopoly - Does not enter into Price - Distinction between good and bad Monopolies - Demand and Supply - Their variations and reciprocal action - Cost of Production - Consists in Labour ...
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... no otherwise than in exact accordance with natural justice , no go- vernment would be necessary , either to frame rules of conduct , or to constrain their observance ; and we might save all their trouble and cost . But.
... no otherwise than in exact accordance with natural justice , no go- vernment would be necessary , either to frame rules of conduct , or to constrain their observance ; and we might save all their trouble and cost . But.
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George Poulett Scrope. we might save all their trouble and cost . But we are fallible creatures , and , moreover , when aware of the right , are often led , by passion or caprice , to take the wrong path . There can be , therefore , no ...
George Poulett Scrope. we might save all their trouble and cost . But we are fallible creatures , and , moreover , when aware of the right , are often led , by passion or caprice , to take the wrong path . There can be , therefore , no ...
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... cost of procurement ; and the cost of procurement consists almost wholly of the trouble or labour necessary for procuring the article . What , for example , gives their value to the fruits of the earth ? Not their adaptation to the ...
... cost of procurement ; and the cost of procurement consists almost wholly of the trouble or labour necessary for procuring the article . What , for example , gives their value to the fruits of the earth ? Not their adaptation to the ...
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... cost the same labour , may be of equal exchangeable value with the diamonds of the other sovereign ; but are they to be reckoned only equally useful - equal accessions to the aggregate of human gratification ? Suppose two tracts of ...
... cost the same labour , may be of equal exchangeable value with the diamonds of the other sovereign ; but are they to be reckoned only equally useful - equal accessions to the aggregate of human gratification ? Suppose two tracts of ...
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accumulated Adam Smith advantages afford agriculture amount arts benefit capital circulating circumstances comforts commerce commodities condition consequently consumed continually corn CORN-LAWS cost cultivation demand division of labour duce duction duties effect employed employment enjoyment equally evils exchange exclusive exertions existence expense extent favourable fertility foreign greater happiness human improvement increase individual industry injury interest invested Ireland labouring class land landlord less likewise limited machinery manufactures ment MIXED MATHEMATICS mode monopoly moral natural justice natural laws natural right necessary numbers object obtain occupation owner parishes parties perhaps persons Political Economy poor poor-law poor-rate population portion possession present principle procure production profit proportion proportionate purchase quantity raw produce rent skill society soil sumers supply surplus surplus labour taxation things tion tithe tivation trade value of money villeins wages wealth